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Submission + - Huawei Ascend P6: Super-skinny smartphone

Submitted by marta_moreira on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @05:47PM

marta_moreira writes: Huawei has unveiled what it says is the world's thinnest smartphone .

Ascend P6 smartphone is the world’s thinnest at 6.18 millimeters (0.24in) and it has a 5 megapixel front camera for "high quality" self-portraits. Comes in white, black and baby pink, and the aluminium is very similar of the iPhone.

On sale from July, and with a recommended price of €449 (£385), or £21 a month with a contract, it will ship first in Huawei’s home market, China, this month and in July will go on sale through European network operators.

Ascend P6 smartphones marks the latest phase in Huawei’s bid to challenge Apple and Samsung.

Submission + - 10,000 Apple accounts subject to data requests

Submitted by marta_moreira on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @06:44AM

marta_moreira writes: Apple says it had received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for data over 6-month period from U.S. law . The company, it had sought U.S. government permission to be able to share how many requests it received and how it handled them. Those requests were made as part of Prism, a program that takes large beams of data and helps the government find discrete, manageable strands of information.

According to the company, most of the requests were made by police investigating crimes in order to find missing people, try to prevent suicide or try to locate a patient with Alzheimer’s disease.

The company also made clear how much access the government has. “We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers, and any government agency requesting customer content must get a court order,” Apple said in a statement on its website.

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